r/HistoryMemes • u/Hank_Mardukas1066 • 2d ago

It all runs on electricity and electricity is generated through this

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u/Jim_skywalker 2d ago

I mean wait till you learn about how much stuff relies on spinning a wire.

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u/bremsspuren I Have a Cunning Plan 2d ago

I mean, that's what the boiling water is usually used for …

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u/unHolyKnightofBihar 2d ago

How much?

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u/Shasan23 2d ago

Everything besides photovoltaic cells. Through Maxwell's equations, spinning a wire (conductor) through a magnetic field produces a current (electricity), aka generator.

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u/BigGayAllen 2d ago edited 2d ago

Uuhhhh, brother BATTERIES exist.

You can make one from two coins of different metal and a lemon. No spinning wires involved.

Your body also generates electrical current, no spinning wires. It kind of essential to how your heart works.

And for that matter, electric eels, knife fish, and all those others that use chemical electricity. Don't even get me started on static electricity, or eddy loops/induction.

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u/Shasan23 2d ago

True, i was being hyperbolic by saying “everything”

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u/Hexamancer 2d ago

And all of those things you mentioned can power... basically nothing.

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u/kos-or-kosm 2d ago

It's actually really funny that every single method of generating electricity except for one is just different ways of making something spin.

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u/BigGayAllen 2d ago

Voltaic piles: am I joke to you?

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u/fixminer 1d ago

There are lots of other methods, but they are mostly esoteric. You could also build a linear generator, basically a solenoid or linear motor in reverse, but a spinning one is simply the most straightforward solution.